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split with short range air defense, to rapidly show the defense capability. at the same time we have baked in requirements and the perfect example, we can't allow that to be the problem and we talked about this, there is tension right now because at some point, maybe to the services this is still a joint problem. >> you covered it very well. you can never neglect a threat out there and have to constantly find ways even if it is perceived as strength or dominance to be able to react especially when you start getting multi-domain forces in certain locations where you may not have that superiority. we have to tailor our systems and task force to provide capability against any threat and the counter air threat continues to grow and with the advance threat. >> it may come back to some of that but let me just say global integration in the title of this event, the chairman sees himself as global integrator and with that perspective you talk about how the joint staff has or is currently supporting that particular mission, the vision, the day-to-day requirements, how
split with short range air defense, to rapidly show the defense capability. at the same time we have baked in requirements and the perfect example, we can't allow that to be the problem and we talked about this, there is tension right now because at some point, maybe to the services this is still a joint problem. >> you covered it very well. you can never neglect a threat out there and have to constantly find ways even if it is perceived as strength or dominance to be able to react...
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missile defenses. >> i would agree. under my narrative, we've always for almost 30 years, three and four administrations, tried to get through negotiations, a handle on the threat. i would think this is the kind of issue we ought to pursue strategic dialogue administration started with russia and the strategic dialogue jake sullivan suggested beginning to be discussed so we are in agreement. of course we ought to try to see if we can get negotiated limits on those but ballistic missile defense capability is a hedge against those efforts. >> where want to turn to questions in a minute but picking up a little bit on the clues in your discussion now in russia particular about the whole conversation may have been different if we can imagine the u.s. never withdrawn from the treaty trying to focus limited activity on missile defense in the confines of the complex you could have, how might this be different? maybe not different at all, or may be quite different. >> i think he's right, efforts over multiple a
missile defenses. >> i would agree. under my narrative, we've always for almost 30 years, three and four administrations, tried to get through negotiations, a handle on the threat. i would think this is the kind of issue we ought to pursue strategic dialogue administration started with russia and the strategic dialogue jake sullivan suggested beginning to be discussed so we are in agreement. of course we ought to try to see if we can get negotiated limits on those but ballistic missile...
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its missile defense or active defense. its passive defense. and its attack operations. for the purposes of this discussion, i'll focus a bit more on the active defense dimension. the mdr highlights a role for imd. now, in past big defense reviews, missile defense reviews and other types of reviews, certainly over the past 20 years or so, imd -- air and missile defense -- how do we think the problem set associated within ballistic and cruise missiles has not been a prominent feature of defense plans. hasn't been a focus of american strategy. but the mdr does call out a number of key roles for integrated air and missile defense. top level, right? contributes to deterrence of adversary missile attacks, threats, by undermining and complicating anti access or democrat strikes. detect conventional forces, bases in associated infrastructure. required to respond promptly to aggression and ensure the ability to blunt adversary missile strikes in order to maintain our ability to project power into a theater and flow forces into a key region to halt or reverse military gains. that
its missile defense or active defense. its passive defense. and its attack operations. for the purposes of this discussion, i'll focus a bit more on the active defense dimension. the mdr highlights a role for imd. now, in past big defense reviews, missile defense reviews and other types of reviews, certainly over the past 20 years or so, imd -- air and missile defense -- how do we think the problem set associated within ballistic and cruise missiles has not been a prominent feature of defense...
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missile defense policy. part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. part two after his keynote address as well as q&a will be a lively debate on missile defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. we want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so i'll keep my remarks short. washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the development of the short, medium and long-range missiles and the ability to actually hit the homeland at some point. senator cotton has been at the forefront of advocating for a robust strategy. his remarks will be around 20 minutes. that will open the floor for questions for about 25 minutes. keep in mind during the q&a, the state your name and affiliation as we are on the record as you can see by the cameras. also if time is limited, please keep your question compact and precise. with that, senator cotton. >> thank you a
missile defense policy. part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. part two after his keynote address as well as q&a will be a lively debate on missile defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. we want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so i'll keep my remarks short. washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the...
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we need active defenses with passive defenses and with attack operations as well. into one sort of holistic package where we can provide the best defense for the nation and the best defense of our friends and allies abroad.? let me follow up one more kind of big question and that is just explained to us the strategic logic by which active defenses generally, how do they contribute to our overall goals? always because there can be finite, there can be limited. sometimes you hear you built 10 interceptors with 11 strike capabilities. how is this strategic logic? >> everything we do has limits on it. we don't have unlimited resources for everything. but when we are talking about deterrence which is really the nature of the game here, we have to start with a fundamental understanding what it is we're trying to do. when we talk about deterrence we are trying to repent and adversary or potential adversary from taking an aggressive or hostile action against us or our allies that we don't want them to take. how does missile defense factor into that? missile defense factors
we need active defenses with passive defenses and with attack operations as well. into one sort of holistic package where we can provide the best defense for the nation and the best defense of our friends and allies abroad.? let me follow up one more kind of big question and that is just explained to us the strategic logic by which active defenses generally, how do they contribute to our overall goals? always because there can be finite, there can be limited. sometimes you hear you built 10...
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the future of missile defense. he talked about ways to strengthen missile-defense while also discussing the inf treaty preservation act which he sponsored with the goal of bringing russia into compliance with conditions set by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty of 1987. held by the center for national interest, this is two hours. >> why don't we get started? time short for good afternoon, everyone. my name is trying to peer welcome to our friends here with us in the flesh as well as those are join us on facebook life and as well as c-span3. today we present you a real treat, not one but two part discussion on u.s. missile defense policy. part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, right, center to tom khan from arkansas. part two after his keynote address as well as q&a session will be what hope is a lively debate on missile defense with joseph cirincione and rebeccah heinrichs. i'm going to keep my remarks prebrief doesn't want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible. it goes without
the future of missile defense. he talked about ways to strengthen missile-defense while also discussing the inf treaty preservation act which he sponsored with the goal of bringing russia into compliance with conditions set by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty of 1987. held by the center for national interest, this is two hours. >> why don't we get started? time short for good afternoon, everyone. my name is trying to peer welcome to our friends here with us in the flesh as...
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john hill, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense policy. joining him lieutenant general thomas james, the deputy commander of the u.s. space command. lieutenant general heath kohler, of the missile defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u.s. army space and missiles command. and meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. the fiscal year 25 budget asks 10.4 billion dollars for the missile defense agency. that's more than $400 million less than last year. and almost a billion dollars below the level projected for fiscal year 25 and last year's. i want to reiterate this point, the fiscal year 25 budget request for the missile defense agency $960 million, almost a billion dollars below the level planned for in last year's budget. further, these draconian cuts are not limited to just fiscal year 25. the outyear projections in the budget continued reductions in missile defense spending, compared to the spending plan in the budget submitted last year, this b
john hill, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense policy. joining him lieutenant general thomas james, the deputy commander of the u.s. space command. lieutenant general heath kohler, of the missile defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u.s. army space and missiles command. and meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. the fiscal year 25 budget asks 10.4 billion dollars...
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defenses. for more interceptors the new kill vehicles to improve coverage of priority regions like the end of pacific. at the same time we are focused on new capabilities for new threats. this includes hypersonic, space-based sensors and directed energy for boost phase muscle intercept. it includes a policy shift towards greater integration of offensive and defensive capabilities. because missile-defense necessarily includes missile offense. for decades the us led the world in hypersonic research and deliberately chose not to have a nice systems. china and russia have chosen differently. our nation does not seek adversaries but we will not ignore them either. we refuse to be bound by jockey and our new space-based layer will give us persistent, timely, global awareness and these capabilities will remove adversaries ability to course us for allies and partners. congress is widely mandated just such a capability. rest assured, you'll see this priority reflected in our upcoming budget request. we
defenses. for more interceptors the new kill vehicles to improve coverage of priority regions like the end of pacific. at the same time we are focused on new capabilities for new threats. this includes hypersonic, space-based sensors and directed energy for boost phase muscle intercept. it includes a policy shift towards greater integration of offensive and defensive capabilities. because missile-defense necessarily includes missile offense. for decades the us led the world in hypersonic...
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real cuts to defense. worst of all, this bill contains an automatic 1% sequester based off last year's budget. that means that domestic spending will go up and defense spending will go down if the sequester kicks in. let me repeat that. if the sequester takes effect, democrats will get more welfare spending while defense gets cut. who thinks the democratic leader will be dissatisfied with this result? more to the point, who thinks he won't use the threat of sequester to extort even higher levels of welfare spending. these three provisions, a cut this year in real dollars, a worst cut in real dollars for 2025 and the at mat -- automatic sequester based on last year's spending bills conspire devastating cuts to the defense budget at a time when we can least afford it. the bipartisan national defense strategy commission report recommends a real increased defense spending of between 3% and 5% annually over inflation. this bill would cut real spending by more than 5% in two years. effectively slashing tens of b
real cuts to defense. worst of all, this bill contains an automatic 1% sequester based off last year's budget. that means that domestic spending will go up and defense spending will go down if the sequester kicks in. let me repeat that. if the sequester takes effect, democrats will get more welfare spending while defense gets cut. who thinks the democratic leader will be dissatisfied with this result? more to the point, who thinks he won't use the threat of sequester to extort even higher...
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don't have to have a defense to dust defense budget near us -- defense budget near us to win. just ask the taliban. i want you to see these inputs but not think they are conclusive analyses or predictions of outcomes in hypothetical conflicts. a couple of more and i'm going to make some general points. this is giving a sense, we were talking on the sidelines that the $240 billion estimate of china's know terry budget is highly debated and uncertainty -- uncertain by plus or -50%. it could be well into the $300 billion range. there is a study saying it could be even higher than that. but it is somewhere between one third and one half of american military spending, easily the second-biggest budget on earth, doubling every seven to 10 years, and probably will keep doubling every seven to 10 years. it is less than 2% of china's gdp, but they become substantial enough and that is still a lot of money. and the war we worry about winning against china is near this. i don't think they could come close to that. if i could bring down the defense budget and the budget request, if you are
don't have to have a defense to dust defense budget near us -- defense budget near us to win. just ask the taliban. i want you to see these inputs but not think they are conclusive analyses or predictions of outcomes in hypothetical conflicts. a couple of more and i'm going to make some general points. this is giving a sense, we were talking on the sidelines that the $240 billion estimate of china's know terry budget is highly debated and uncertainty -- uncertain by plus or -50%. it could be...
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previously, it was only the defense industry enterprise. well , the bureaucratic regulation of this process remains quite large. well, based on my own experience , i can say that it is much easier to make a product and put it in the army than to draw up documents and go through all these bureaucratic things that we have today it's a pity that they still exist. valentin and i talked about the fact that there is a government decree on increasing profitability for entrepreneurs who manufacture drones there, they raised the level of profitability to 25%, and the rest of the manufacturers who manufacture no less necessary products for the armed forces are there ammunition, there are mortars, are they those machines in fact, now we are stuck in the shackles of the old profitability, but in your opinion, should we try for a certain justice if all ukrainian developments had the same rules regarding profitability norms? well, of course rynkova the economy should be a market economy, and regulation in this area is quite significant for us today, even
previously, it was only the defense industry enterprise. well , the bureaucratic regulation of this process remains quite large. well, based on my own experience , i can say that it is much easier to make a product and put it in the army than to draw up documents and go through all these bureaucratic things that we have today it's a pity that they still exist. valentin and i talked about the fact that there is a government decree on increasing profitability for entrepreneurs who manufacture...
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as specified in the defense forces. the mass drone attack in the afternoon lasted for 11 hours, and 51 mines were destroyed there. in addition to drones, the enemy attacked the kharkiv region with four s-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, three kh-31p anti-radar missiles and one kh-59. as a result, of the 90 drones that attacked ukraine in new year's eve, shot down 87. many thanks to everyone for the combat work. a year ago, on new year's eve , the defenders of the sky destroyed 45 shaheds. today is 80. everyone, let's hold the sky, together to victory, - said the commander of the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine, mykola olyschuk. on the night of january 2, 2024, the enemy repeated a massive attack with air strikes of various types, as it was a few days ago, on december 29, 2023, civilian and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked. the main direction of the attack is the capital of ukraine. after lunch president volodymyr commented on the situation. zelensky dear ukrainians. o
as specified in the defense forces. the mass drone attack in the afternoon lasted for 11 hours, and 51 mines were destroyed there. in addition to drones, the enemy attacked the kharkiv region with four s-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, three kh-31p anti-radar missiles and one kh-59. as a result, of the 90 drones that attacked ukraine in new year's eve, shot down 87. many thanks to everyone for the combat work. a year ago, on new year's eve , the defenders of the sky destroyed 45 shaheds....
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. >>> this week in defense news with vago muradian. >>> welcome to this week in defense news reporting from the farnborough outside london. we will lead off with an interview with the new defense secretary who is overseeing the defense review, the review known here is to be completed in october in record time so it can help shape the comprehensive spending review. these reviews are expected to yield defense cuts that will reverb rate here and abroad. you met with industry and gave them a brief on what to expect as well as your call. why is it imperative to reduce defense spending? >> you have to go back a step. we have a very large fiscal deficit in the united kingdom. unless we reduce that we will not provide room in our economy for teeth grow and strengthen. the government's priority has to be to reduce that deficit. as part of the program of doing that we have to review all departmental spending and bring it more into line with what we can afford. in some departmentst that may mean a 40% reduction in government budgets. it will mean less than that in defense. we will have to take ou
. >>> this week in defense news with vago muradian. >>> welcome to this week in defense news reporting from the farnborough outside london. we will lead off with an interview with the new defense secretary who is overseeing the defense review, the review known here is to be completed in october in record time so it can help shape the comprehensive spending review. these reviews are expected to yield defense cuts that will reverb rate here and abroad. you met with industry and...
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of the united states, the minister of defense of germany, he visited kyiv, then there was an online meeting in the ramstein format, and what are your assessments, uh, are there any trends that were optimistic, and things , which were alarming, what would you conclude in view of these visits and these large- scale events? well, germany continues to please, that is, the german minister of defense, who arrived in ukraine, he really showed interest in the implementation of further projects with ukraine, and such long-term ones, because his statements, for example, about four irist systems, are obviously meant, after all not immediate delivery of these systems, we know that they are actually produced from wheels and sent to ukraine, because they were not in stock and are not, this all new systems, and obviously, these are statements about actual aid in the first half of the 24th year, as well as statements about the ammunition project, the same million ammunition from the european union, and germany is, of course , one of the main players in this project, and it is obvious that the minis
of the united states, the minister of defense of germany, he visited kyiv, then there was an online meeting in the ramstein format, and what are your assessments, uh, are there any trends that were optimistic, and things , which were alarming, what would you conclude in view of these visits and these large- scale events? well, germany continues to please, that is, the german minister of defense, who arrived in ukraine, he really showed interest in the implementation of further projects with...
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appropriate for the self-defense force to adequately provide a national defense. but when you think about these goals, what are the challenges that you see? either internally or externally? and then i think for the last question, i think i might flip the order, and if that's okay, i would like to start from general hironaka and come down to general iwata. >> translator: as i said earlier, since the beginning of the self-defense forces, we've had quite an abrupt difference from the imperial army. we've had a very close cooperation with the united states also. we have had our thinking, our tactics, our technology and our logistical support in all of these areas, our self-defense forces function as a defense force of a democratic country, and we've learned a lot from the united states in that regard. the united states really helped us to build up our forces and i think that we need to think from here on out what it is that we can do to have joint planning with the united states. to have better planning with our wonderful friends in the unit. i think it's the most imp
appropriate for the self-defense force to adequately provide a national defense. but when you think about these goals, what are the challenges that you see? either internally or externally? and then i think for the last question, i think i might flip the order, and if that's okay, i would like to start from general hironaka and come down to general iwata. >> translator: as i said earlier, since the beginning of the self-defense forces, we've had quite an abrupt difference from the...
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missile defense test. and the white house's 2018 budget request. he was also asked about north korea's nuclear program at this house armed services subcommittee hearing chaired by congressman mike rogers. >> good afternoon. i want to welcome everybody to the hearing today. fiscal year 2018 missile defense programs and activities. we have an esteemed group of witnesses with us today. mr. todd harvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for strategy plans and capabilities. vice admiral james syring, commander james dickinson for integrated missile defense and commander army strategic forces command. and mr. barry pike who has the best accent on the panel. and before i get started, i want to take the chairman's prerogative for a minute. for almost 37 years vice admiral syring has served his country in uniform. many are familiar with him as director of missile defense agency which he has led since november of 2012. i remember the problems with the prior leadership of mda and the devastating impact in 2012. t
missile defense test. and the white house's 2018 budget request. he was also asked about north korea's nuclear program at this house armed services subcommittee hearing chaired by congressman mike rogers. >> good afternoon. i want to welcome everybody to the hearing today. fiscal year 2018 missile defense programs and activities. we have an esteemed group of witnesses with us today. mr. todd harvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for strategy plans and capabilities. vice admiral...
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kenneth rapuano to be assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense, and global security. he is sur rounded here today by his family, his wife dixie as well as his son scott a recent west point graduate, not a recent newly wed but here with his wife. also his daughter clair who's joining the peace corps shortly, another daughter taylor and son will. his proud mother is also here along with his brothers richard and dave as well as sister-in-law sara. mr. chairman, this is truly a family of public service. ken has my strong support based on my personal knowledge of his abilities as well as his significant and stellar expertise in the areas covered by the assistant secretary of defense position. ken, a marine, volunteered for two combat towers in iraq and afghanistan. his previous service in the pentagon in key areas, and then he's had more recent service in positions of ever-increasing areas of responsibility as the department of energy as under deputy secretary of terrorism focussed on unconventional nuclear threats. then he went on to serve at the chous white house as depu
kenneth rapuano to be assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense, and global security. he is sur rounded here today by his family, his wife dixie as well as his son scott a recent west point graduate, not a recent newly wed but here with his wife. also his daughter clair who's joining the peace corps shortly, another daughter taylor and son will. his proud mother is also here along with his brothers richard and dave as well as sister-in-law sara. mr. chairman, this is truly a family of...
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the mehron mobile defense system was on display. it is capable of engaging a variety of aerial targets a range of 300. it is teller system and its radar, missile and command posts are mounted on an auto vehicle, each system is equipped with four mehron-one missiles. we asked mr. shaltuki about the distinguishing features of meran mobile defense system. در حوزه پدافوندی هم ما شاهد رونمایی we witness the unviling of new ad defense system named mehran. mehran is a long range at. defense system with key feature of mobility: the enemy can never target this system because once it fires it swiftly changes positions. this capability of maneuverability and mobility is the primary feature of the mehron system with range of 320 km. it can target enemy aircraft like irix, fuel carrying, aircraft and strategic bombers like the american b1 and b2 bombers. the show head 147 drone or uav, that is unmanned aerial vehicle, was another highlight of the day. it is a wide-body plane with a wing length of 26 meters and can fl
the mehron mobile defense system was on display. it is capable of engaging a variety of aerial targets a range of 300. it is teller system and its radar, missile and command posts are mounted on an auto vehicle, each system is equipped with four mehron-one missiles. we asked mr. shaltuki about the distinguishing features of meran mobile defense system. در حوزه پدافوندی هم ما شاهد رونمایی we witness the unviling of new ad defense system named mehran. mehran is a long...
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under the ministry of defense, a defense procurement agency has started working. in fact, the state of ukraine will and already purchases weapons from certain public organizations, for example, the anti-corruption center has comments on the work of this structure because it is not clear what safeguards against corruption there are when one body is actually responsible for spending a huge part of the budget, it is not the weapons, but how do you evaluate the work of this institutions well, first of all, it has not yet been fully launched, er, it has only now been finalized, somehow, both agencies are reaching the finish line , both agencies, such as power procurement, and from er, defense, and this is the first thing i wanted to say secondly, that is, again, it is too early to judge the results . and secondly, what i would like to say is that the ministry as a body that forms policy and should not purchase anything is what was done before. those who are supposed to deal with that is some kind of e-e service that will implement state policy in the field of e-e procurements and defense
under the ministry of defense, a defense procurement agency has started working. in fact, the state of ukraine will and already purchases weapons from certain public organizations, for example, the anti-corruption center has comments on the work of this structure because it is not clear what safeguards against corruption there are when one body is actually responsible for spending a huge part of the budget, it is not the weapons, but how do you evaluate the work of this institutions well, first...
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not just missile defense. and you do have to match what you're trying to do to the threat. so i look at the new prioritization of the defense strategy by secretary of defense right now who says now we have to really start worrying about russia again and about china now and in the long term. if that is our number one priority what is the threat? it is of hundreds of missiles being thrown our way, intercontinental ballistic missiles. if putin decides we're too much of an impediment to his designs, on europe or whatever, we may get in a war and it's not hoo hard to see us thrust into the baltic countries, for example, waiting for the nato response and we don't have enough to stop them from taking over the baltic countries so now they are in, now we have to get them out and digging them out is a lot harder than getting them in. it may require significant u.s. of american military and nato assets. he decides to use tactical nuclear weapons. he'll basically challenge them whether they are too. today we have very --
not just missile defense. and you do have to match what you're trying to do to the threat. so i look at the new prioritization of the defense strategy by secretary of defense right now who says now we have to really start worrying about russia again and about china now and in the long term. if that is our number one priority what is the threat? it is of hundreds of missiles being thrown our way, intercontinental ballistic missiles. if putin decides we're too much of an impediment to his...
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defense procurements that do not directly affect the defense capability and security of ukraine. that is, we, the people's deputies of our committee, during the committee meeting, gave tasks to our assistants . today, we have already registered the draft law on the return of transparency to procurement, and in addition, again in connection with the war, our committee, which also has essential control functions, these control due to the circumstances, the functions were also not as carefully applied as it was in peacetime , because another decision of the committee is to return to the maximum control over all areas of procurement and to inform society about any abuse in this area. finally, in order to put an end to the questions raised by your colleagues regarding the provision of these e-e foods at inflated prices, we have made a decision, the members of the committee also visit all enterprises, all companies that e-e provide food service and check whether their or they have the proper material base, production capacity, warehouses, and as soon as possible , we will also inform y
defense procurements that do not directly affect the defense capability and security of ukraine. that is, we, the people's deputies of our committee, during the committee meeting, gave tasks to our assistants . today, we have already registered the draft law on the return of transparency to procurement, and in addition, again in connection with the war, our committee, which also has essential control functions, these control due to the circumstances, the functions were also not as carefully...
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missile defense. speakers include dan sullivan, a member of the armed services committee followed by a panel discussion with defense officials and global security experts looking at the future of missile defense. from the center of strategic and international studies, this is about two and half hours. >> good morning everyone. thank you for coming out. i am the senior fellow here at the international security program at cas and i direct the missile defense program. i would like to kick off our event with dan sullivan who has represented the great state of alaska for two years. he is on several committees, commerce science and transportation, environment and public works, and the strategic forces subcommittee. he has previously served as alaska's attorney general and commissioner for alaska's department of natural resources. he is also previously served in the bush administration as assistant secretary for economic energy and business and on the national security council staff as director in the intern
missile defense. speakers include dan sullivan, a member of the armed services committee followed by a panel discussion with defense officials and global security experts looking at the future of missile defense. from the center of strategic and international studies, this is about two and half hours. >> good morning everyone. thank you for coming out. i am the senior fellow here at the international security program at cas and i direct the missile defense program. i would like to kick...
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in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with moscow on the issue. intercontinental ballistic missiles are transported through snow bound russian forests under the cover of darkness. shrouded in secrecy the people in need to perform training drills and test the hardware on the roof. suddenly the convoy comes to a halt there's a forest street. crossing it's quite a challenge for the drivers of motor vehicles weighing many tons. as specially considering carrying heads. the heavy launches safely reach the opposite bank with the most hazardous huddle behind it the convoy is on the move again. as the convoy forges ahead to its destination they leave the forest and pass through villages the sound of powerful engines thundering past is becoming a common occurrence lately
in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with moscow on the issue. intercontinental ballistic missiles are transported through snow bound russian forests under the cover...
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we have midcourse defense, terminal defense, but we don't have boost phase defense. having that capability would be the optimal place to intercept, because you intercept it over its own territory. that is one benefit. you will intercept the missile before it has a chance to release its -- right now we talk about the kill vehicle, one of the reasons is because we want to be able to discriminate between the really nasty part that we want to hit and everything else, and then we have the follow-on to the arcade the. we are doing that so that we have increased reliability to be able to intercept the missile because of all of the stuff they are putting on it. ifis also cheaper because you're using something like lasers to hit the boost phase, you've got an endless magazine of opportunities to shoot at this thing as opposed to the kinetic vehicles we have now. we went to get a boost phase, but it is difficult. you have to be either right on top of the threat or close to it. it is hard to get close enough to it. it's got to be superfast. they are different things we are thin
we have midcourse defense, terminal defense, but we don't have boost phase defense. having that capability would be the optimal place to intercept, because you intercept it over its own territory. that is one benefit. you will intercept the missile before it has a chance to release its -- right now we talk about the kill vehicle, one of the reasons is because we want to be able to discriminate between the really nasty part that we want to hit and everything else, and then we have the follow-on...
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in strategic nuclear arms with defensive capabilities such as missile defense. in fact, president vladimir putin, on many occasions, stated in belligerent tones is up petitions to this agreement that was already made between the united states and poland and the czech republic. the u.s. should reject the russian attempt to further this argument and capitalize on these ongoing negotiations. as countries push the nuclear envelope and worked tirelessly to develop weapons capable of reaching america and its allies, we must aggressively develop the systems to protect ourselves and enhance national security and protect our troops abroad and support our allies. enhancing missile defense capabilities in europe is an essential component to address threats we currently face and expect to face in the future. as i ran work to develop ballistic missile capabilities of all ranges, the united states must reaffirm its commitment to its allies and develop and deploy effective missile defense systems. i would like to point out two important factors -- the united states of america
in strategic nuclear arms with defensive capabilities such as missile defense. in fact, president vladimir putin, on many occasions, stated in belligerent tones is up petitions to this agreement that was already made between the united states and poland and the czech republic. the u.s. should reject the russian attempt to further this argument and capitalize on these ongoing negotiations. as countries push the nuclear envelope and worked tirelessly to develop weapons capable of reaching america...
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how can help the defense and set the stage for defense to the east. give you relief from having to answer first on the next question after this. looks quebec to russia and china. hand, if either of them launched a missile into the united states, he would of systemexpect that the would be directed to attempt to engage that. the question is whether we should attempt to design a system that is explicitly aimed threats,g with limited limited text from the russia or china. do you think there is a high probability of unauthorized or accidental attacks from russia do believe that is important for the united states to have the ability to negate a limited attack, in the midst of a conflict, and are you concerned -- this is a leading question -- are you concerned that that requirement will begin to draghi to a much more complex system, and that it could actually compete with the ability to get the current and planned improvements that system in place to deal with the north korean plan? >> when they begin by quoting backo -- to you -- the gmd's would be but that
how can help the defense and set the stage for defense to the east. give you relief from having to answer first on the next question after this. looks quebec to russia and china. hand, if either of them launched a missile into the united states, he would of systemexpect that the would be directed to attempt to engage that. the question is whether we should attempt to design a system that is explicitly aimed threats,g with limited limited text from the russia or china. do you think there is a...
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go in the department of defense. to look at civilian control of the military and its expression in these appointments, more holistic way across the department and the positions. >> a comment and another follow-up. we mentioned the politics and the partisan nature, politics and all instruments of power as being centcom commander. there's a lot of learning and experience a centcom commander would bring and the conventional wisdom starting about general mattis's character, not sure i agree with that, that secretary mattis brought forward is an important development, a bipartisan development, it was worked on by secretary mattis, the incoming biden administration will want one cabinet official, with military experience. if he is confirmed, secretary of transportation, mayor pete buttigieg who was a reservist. one of his roles fight for budgets that relate to the military. does it make sense to make the case, on the national security team with significant military experience in this regard and that is my final question, t
go in the department of defense. to look at civilian control of the military and its expression in these appointments, more holistic way across the department and the positions. >> a comment and another follow-up. we mentioned the politics and the partisan nature, politics and all instruments of power as being centcom commander. there's a lot of learning and experience a centcom commander would bring and the conventional wisdom starting about general mattis's character, not sure i agree...
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the national defense act at that time stated had a robust layered missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the united states and allies, deployed forces against a developing and copmplex missile threat. this is at a time when the threat from russia was re-emerging and pretty much understood by congress and this launches us into another 2.0 sdi 2.0 to deal with the threat from these pure competitors of russia and china, not only the theater kind of defenses where lesser-range defenses that we would need against an iran today. north korea, by the way, does present a long-range ballistic missile threat and hopefully one of my panelists can discuss the kind of system that we have today and the ground-based system that we have today to deal with the north korean threat. i'll conclude by saying that just as during the reagan era, space was a critical component against a deterrent against a robust threat. i believe that same deterrent effect would exist today only if the united states had space-based sensors and the space-based interceptors that being deal with the size of the th
the national defense act at that time stated had a robust layered missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the united states and allies, deployed forces against a developing and copmplex missile threat. this is at a time when the threat from russia was re-emerging and pretty much understood by congress and this launches us into another 2.0 sdi 2.0 to deal with the threat from these pure competitors of russia and china, not only the theater kind of defenses where lesser-range...
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, cruise missile defense dawes. but there is a concern for companies like dprk. the capabilities associated with detecting, tracking, acquiring and defeating these systems as you know we do have some of them deploy deployed. we have areas that require improvementment and that is a growing focus of concern in the department. >> thank you, i'd like to get a commitment you work with other member within the administration on that important issue if confirmed. >> if confirmed, absolutely, senator. >> and not to disappoint the chairman with my 30 seconds left, but mr. karem, give me your sense -- when secretary mattis, general mattis, he did say the arctic is increasingly important area of frstrategic interest for the united states because of natural resources, the environment, opening shipping lanes and sea routes, vladimir putin has called it the new suez canal which the russians want to dominate, they're massively building up their military capabilities in the arctic. it's a new arctic military command, 40 ice breakers
, cruise missile defense dawes. but there is a concern for companies like dprk. the capabilities associated with detecting, tracking, acquiring and defeating these systems as you know we do have some of them deploy deployed. we have areas that require improvementment and that is a growing focus of concern in the department. >> thank you, i'd like to get a commitment you work with other member within the administration on that important issue if confirmed. >> if confirmed,...
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the defense industry. doesn't always indians in the ok most that means as all but it's ok as long as you maintain clear boundaries and remain at arm's length with industry not too close but not too far either because the market isn't that large for me yet you also have to stay informed for example if there's a manufacturer where things didn't go well. but then you have to be clear about what's a sales event and when actual content is involved more that that's such as are difficult and subtle that's the core of the business relationship and you need to be able to have that exchange have to start about also told. this off if this. does this proximity between the german defense ministry the bundeswehr and german military contractors really only serve as a way to exchange information. or is a german government subsidizing the business deals of private industry. young from aachen from the german left party says the sale of german combat training technology is also problematic for security reasons. for exported
the defense industry. doesn't always indians in the ok most that means as all but it's ok as long as you maintain clear boundaries and remain at arm's length with industry not too close but not too far either because the market isn't that large for me yet you also have to stay informed for example if there's a manufacturer where things didn't go well. but then you have to be clear about what's a sales event and when actual content is involved more that that's such as are difficult and subtle...
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my name is serhiy zguryts, i am the director of the defense express company, which, together with the espresso channel, is now aiming to cover the most relevant events in the life of our army and the defense-industrial complex. and now he joins us. deputy head of the public organization national association of the defense industry of ukraine for strategic communication. mr. sergey, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you. yes, congratulations, mr. sergey, congratulations, dear tv viewers, i am glad to see and hear you too. you have been working in this position for some time. i think that you have familiarized yourself in detail with the capabilities of those companies that are part of your association today, and i would like you to tell our viewers what the capacities and... capabilities of private enterprises look like now, what were the main results for the past year, or are there some data about production volumes, that is, such general features that allow us to make a general assessment of what is happening in the private sector of the domestic defense industry. yes , t
my name is serhiy zguryts, i am the director of the defense express company, which, together with the espresso channel, is now aiming to cover the most relevant events in the life of our army and the defense-industrial complex. and now he joins us. deputy head of the public organization national association of the defense industry of ukraine for strategic communication. mr. sergey, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you. yes, congratulations, mr. sergey, congratulations, dear tv...
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responsible for the defense of the entire country and must coordinate all security and defense forces, because i have always said that the minister of defense should not be perceived as the commander of the armed forces. no, he is responsible for the coordination of all state authorities and all security and defense forces involved in defense, so i think he counts all these security forces of defense when he talks directly about the number of troops and when we talked with him, he really thinks on a larger scale than just the armed forces, and when we talk about security, he also talks about security and the intelligence and security services of ukraine and in general there are various units of territorial defense and everything. that's why it's bigger, that's why i think. and its numbers are more global. i think the guy meant the armed forces. well, look here, if we 're talking about the ratio personnel, i am telling you as a person who is always practically in the forefront of the current modern war, i will not say that russia is leading a modern war. probably than the russian feder
responsible for the defense of the entire country and must coordinate all security and defense forces, because i have always said that the minister of defense should not be perceived as the commander of the armed forces. no, he is responsible for the coordination of all state authorities and all security and defense forces involved in defense, so i think he counts all these security forces of defense when he talks directly about the number of troops and when we talked with him, he really thinks...
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all depends not only on the line of defense, the line of defense is the location itself in one direction or another, along which the offensive of the russian occupiers can be carried out, but a lot depends on the tools available to the troops defending this line and occupying this line of defense, if there is no appropriate equipment, for example, the distribution of ammunition for artillery, with the necessary support, if there are no artillery systems in the necessary quantity, if there are no armored combat vehicles, tanks, aviation support, means of air defense and other entire nomenclature, then no line of defense, it will not withstand the pressure from the enemy, so the line of defense is one element that we are currently focusing on, that we are currently focusing on. but no less important is how this line of defense will be unconditionally defended, but what is the difference between the lines of defense of ukraine that are currently being built and the lines of defense of the russians that they built earlier in the occupied ukrainian territories, and these were hypertrophied, l
all depends not only on the line of defense, the line of defense is the location itself in one direction or another, along which the offensive of the russian occupiers can be carried out, but a lot depends on the tools available to the troops defending this line and occupying this line of defense, if there is no appropriate equipment, for example, the distribution of ammunition for artillery, with the necessary support, if there are no artillery systems in the necessary quantity, if there are...
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missile defense policy. part 1 is with the gentleman sitting next to me on the right, senator tom cotton from arkansas, and part two after senator cotton's keynote address and keynote address is going to be rebeccah heinrichs and joseph cirincione. and obviously, north korea is very much in the news, and due to the short range and ba lis h tick missiles dews due for the fact that it could reach the homeland. and senator cotton has been at the forefront, and his remarks will be around 20 minutes or so, and after that, we will open up the floor for about 20 minutes. in the q and ash state your nam and affiliation as we are very much on the record as you can see from the cameras here, and as time is limited, keep the question as compact and precise as possible. with that, senator cotton, the floor is yours. >> thank you, ha ri, and thank you all for being here to discuss this very important topic. the defense of the homeland is the most basic premise of the american grand strategy and has been before this count
missile defense policy. part 1 is with the gentleman sitting next to me on the right, senator tom cotton from arkansas, and part two after senator cotton's keynote address and keynote address is going to be rebeccah heinrichs and joseph cirincione. and obviously, north korea is very much in the news, and due to the short range and ba lis h tick missiles dews due for the fact that it could reach the homeland. and senator cotton has been at the forefront, and his remarks will be around 20 minutes...
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and so defense capability and more. more specifically, the turren defense capability is matter of basic survival to iran. this is dr. he is a graduate of international relations from tehran university. we asked him about the significance of the faire. why is it important? none of the military power equipment to our country, especially in region, the tumultuous region known to the western world as the middle east where our neighbors include turkey. native member and saudi arabia, the world's largest arms importer and buyer. we exist in a region where both our western and eastern sides are constant term and terrorism group. we have the presence of isis and ala, we have had numerous wars in origin, direct presence and military campaigns by the united states in the past 20 years and our borders in afghanistan, iraq and the persian gulf. us aircraft carriers, b-52s and nuclear submarines are present in our region. when weapons aren't sold to you, like uae, saudi arabia or turkey where you can't buy e 35 f32 or russian s400 systems or various armaments that neighboring countries are constantl
and so defense capability and more. more specifically, the turren defense capability is matter of basic survival to iran. this is dr. he is a graduate of international relations from tehran university. we asked him about the significance of the faire. why is it important? none of the military power equipment to our country, especially in region, the tumultuous region known to the western world as the middle east where our neighbors include turkey. native member and saudi arabia, the world's...
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it's had such a great impact on the missile-defense policy and missile-defense technology. to respond to the proliferation of the missile threat i want to say for a moment what's happened in israel has helped greatly the width of the debate on capitol hill. we used to deal with the issues of the arguments of missile-defense of work and its provocative. was israel hasas shown by the deployment of the iron dome is itom isn't. it is a defensive system and it iss the escalatory as they've used the iron dome and it's given them time and space to be able to measure the response as opposed to if they didn't have the technology what they wouldat have to do at the moment was facing people and it is cost-effective because the amount of damage and loss of life that is prevented and it works unbelievably. you say that you are going to leave both your populations and infrastructure and critical capabilities. about the d escalatory nature and how it paints a picture on the receiving end of aggression. the ability to be restrained in that way brings us to another point, the biden administ
it's had such a great impact on the missile-defense policy and missile-defense technology. to respond to the proliferation of the missile threat i want to say for a moment what's happened in israel has helped greatly the width of the debate on capitol hill. we used to deal with the issues of the arguments of missile-defense of work and its provocative. was israel hasas shown by the deployment of the iron dome is itom isn't. it is a defensive system and it iss the escalatory as they've used the...
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defense industrial base. this is a report that was a whole of government effort led by the department of defense, eric chewning and alan lord's able team, those are the people i would signal out as doing yeoman's work inside there, led by pat shanahan. i mean, great public servants here getting the job done. they were the perspiration for this. the inspiration for this, and i'm stealing eric's line because i first heard him use it, was a presidential executive order that came out of discussions my deputy alex gray had with the presidential team back during the transition thinking about how if we're going to strengthen our manufacturing base and think about national defense, one of the best ways to do it is kind of figure out what our needs were and what our vulnerabilities, more importantly, were in that defense industrial base. this effort just like so many things that this president is doing is historic in a couple of ways. i mean, one, it's the first assessment ever done of the defense industrial base, tha
defense industrial base. this is a report that was a whole of government effort led by the department of defense, eric chewning and alan lord's able team, those are the people i would signal out as doing yeoman's work inside there, led by pat shanahan. i mean, great public servants here getting the job done. they were the perspiration for this. the inspiration for this, and i'm stealing eric's line because i first heard him use it, was a presidential executive order that came out of discussions...
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the national defense -- the whole system is towards national defense. where could somebody have reached the decision that, well, we're done with missile defense. we're dune with jiamdo? >> thank you. i think you're asking the same question a lot of us have. the only possible think i can think where the person got the idea was that the prefer director of jiamdo, his time was getting short and he he warned to accomplish a couple of things before he left. on his job, in that tour as director of jiamdo, grossly perspective entered this is all that is left to do in the air missile defense and global enterprise. i can't explain it nye way because you just on the tv and see that everything is not done in integrated air missile defense. there's cruise missile from yemen, north korea, there's china. so, issue in else. >> have to look at the context of the time. you're talking over 20 year period now. if you look at when i was at jiamdo and you were -- that was 10-12 years difference. i go back do my comment before -- one step further. how did the -- when we left
the national defense -- the whole system is towards national defense. where could somebody have reached the decision that, well, we're done with missile defense. we're dune with jiamdo? >> thank you. i think you're asking the same question a lot of us have. the only possible think i can think where the person got the idea was that the prefer director of jiamdo, his time was getting short and he he warned to accomplish a couple of things before he left. on his job, in that tour as director...
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the defense budget is in line with national defense strategy. this was produced by the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. montgomery, here at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments, and i want to thank you for joining us as we rollout our latest report, due dollars follow strategy, by travis sharp, a research fellow here who also directs our budget studies program. i will say a couple of quick words. travis can highlight the findings of his report and field your questions, but two things i want to mention. first, this is an important event for us here at cspi. defense budget -- csba. defense budget analysis is something we have done here for decades and something we have done extremely well, and travis hayes the latest in a long line in a travis is the latest long line of analysts who have spearheaded these efforts over the years. it is important to note that the defense budget analysis we do here is not about dissecting defense budgets, not just about going through line by line to understand what is in the budget. it is
the defense budget is in line with national defense strategy. this was produced by the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. montgomery, here at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments, and i want to thank you for joining us as we rollout our latest report, due dollars follow strategy, by travis sharp, a research fellow here who also directs our budget studies program. i will say a couple of quick words. travis can highlight the findings of his report and field your...
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the defense is very upset. in april they asked in open court if the prosecution had any information about trayvon martin that they had not handed over. the prosecution said no. that may be very rightly so. in fact. it's a long story, but their head i.t. person was called to the stand in a hearing right before trial began to say he had prepared over a 900-page report on the contents of trayvon martin's phone in january 2013. he was concerned, because he didn't think the defense had gone it. he got a lawyer, because he thought he could be charged with something. the defense did not get that report. they got it on the eve of trial. and not winning around, and they're frustrated, because if they have that foundation, they probably would have gotten in some of the fighting. >> there's claims d. could be a teenage boy, bragging could be a teenage boy, recounting what he actually went through. the court is in resist right now. we're going to take another quick break, but david, as a former prosecutor, walk us through,
the defense is very upset. in april they asked in open court if the prosecution had any information about trayvon martin that they had not handed over. the prosecution said no. that may be very rightly so. in fact. it's a long story, but their head i.t. person was called to the stand in a hearing right before trial began to say he had prepared over a 900-page report on the contents of trayvon martin's phone in january 2013. he was concerned, because he didn't think the defense had gone it. he...
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defense of the homeland and regional ballistic missile defense. regarding the homeland -- the fact of the matter is that koreans havenorth multistage systems that can feed development of ballistic missile technology for longer-range m's.ems, including icb we have to take that threat seriously. has ahough no nation mature capability and both would face an overwhelming u.s. response to any attack. while we would still obviously prefer to take a threat muscle out while it is still on the ground, we will not always have the luxury of doing so. because it is our policy to stay ahead of the threat, we do not want there to be any doubt about our commitment to having a solid launch capability. so the latter piece boils down to how many missiles we can knock down versus how many the threat can launch. that simple. that is much more than a function of how many interceptors we have or silos in the ground. it is also a function of how many -- capability and reliability. we often say quantity and quality on its own. quality has a quantity all its own. we only
defense of the homeland and regional ballistic missile defense. regarding the homeland -- the fact of the matter is that koreans havenorth multistage systems that can feed development of ballistic missile technology for longer-range m's.ems, including icb we have to take that threat seriously. has ahough no nation mature capability and both would face an overwhelming u.s. response to any attack. while we would still obviously prefer to take a threat muscle out while it is still on the ground,...
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defense, as kurt was saying. missile defense is intertwined in any deterrence relation. and the decision and the perception is that the deterrence to which strategic action will remain first and foremost, when it comes to real major players. so that's the first difference. the second difference is that, as kurt was saying, the europeans are simply not willing to commit any significant resources because it's paid for by the united states. and let's be frank on this. and i would just agree with bob's perspective here, i think it has a negative impact on the europeans spending. and that's one of the long effects of missile defense in europe. if politically, it provides a rationale for european leaders to say, well -- i mean, to take a second dividend at the extent of the u.s. taxpayers, then that's not -- that's not a good thing. and so, the russia asking more from those europeans who are not spending enough. it's a critical thing and it should be framed as, okay. and those nations who want to be part of the club ha
defense, as kurt was saying. missile defense is intertwined in any deterrence relation. and the decision and the perception is that the deterrence to which strategic action will remain first and foremost, when it comes to real major players. so that's the first difference. the second difference is that, as kurt was saying, the europeans are simply not willing to commit any significant resources because it's paid for by the united states. and let's be frank on this. and i would just agree with...
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, anti-aircraft defense, it is usually for... you do not win a war with defense, and we talked about this with you today, about the need for increased pressure on the enemy's aviation facilities, increased pressure on the launch areas missiles carrying out terrorist attacks on our, thank you, we heard your thoughts, it was sergey grabskyi, a military expert, thank you. in just a few weeks, ukraine will receive the airisty air defense system from germany, and even more. there will be complexes delivered this year, this is the statement of helmut rauch, the head of the company deal defense, which manufactures these sams. today, together with the vice chancellor of germany, robert habyk, he visited kyiv. according to rauch, ukraine currently has three airist anti-aircraft missile systems in service. meanwhile , the foreign ministers of the g7 countries gathered in italy today, and the leaders of the 27 eu countries consulted in brussels for two days in a row. one of the topics. exchange provision of additional air defense systems for ukraine, what they have decided and where exactly the
, anti-aircraft defense, it is usually for... you do not win a war with defense, and we talked about this with you today, about the need for increased pressure on the enemy's aviation facilities, increased pressure on the launch areas missiles carrying out terrorist attacks on our, thank you, we heard your thoughts, it was sergey grabskyi, a military expert, thank you. in just a few weeks, ukraine will receive the airisty air defense system from germany, and even more. there will be complexes...
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he spoke of a need for air defense, additional air defense, ground-based air defense capabilities. and also artillery platforms and artillery munitions. and so that's been our focus and we have throughout focused on what we know that ukraine's going to need and that focus, i think, has been very, very instrumental in making sure that we can -- that president zelenskyy can protect his cities and also protect his troops. so we'll continue that work. f-16's, in terms of when they will arrive, as you know, we have a training, an f-16 pilot coalition, training coalition, that's working right now to train pilots. that work has begun in europe and also we're training pilots in the united states as well. as we look at, you know, what it will take to provide an initial capability, we'll take months, as we said before. so earliest is next spring when we can begin to see an additional capability. i certainly don't want to counter what the chairman just said. but my assessment is that the ukrainians are making steady progress. and that's pretty much i think what the chairman said earlier. and
he spoke of a need for air defense, additional air defense, ground-based air defense capabilities. and also artillery platforms and artillery munitions. and so that's been our focus and we have throughout focused on what we know that ukraine's going to need and that focus, i think, has been very, very instrumental in making sure that we can -- that president zelenskyy can protect his cities and also protect his troops. so we'll continue that work. f-16's, in terms of when they will arrive, as...
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john hilton deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense policy picture him where lieutenant general thomas james the deputy commander ofan the u. space command, lieutenant general keith construct of the missile defense agency, and lieutenant general john ganey, commander of u.s. army space and missile defense command. the subcommittee meets today to review the department's fiscal year 2025 budget request for missile defense capabilities. i have a number of concerns just write off the bat. first, the overall level of funding is an adequate given today's threat environment. 10.4 billion dollars for the missile defense agency. that's more than $400 million less than last year. and almost a billion dollars below the level projected for fiscal year 25 and last year's. i want to reiterate this point, the fiscal year 25 budget request for the missile defense agency $960 million, almost a billion dollars below the level planned for in last year's budget. further, these draconian cuts are not limited to just fiscal year 25. the outyear projections in the budget continued r
john hilton deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense policy picture him where lieutenant general thomas james the deputy commander ofan the u. space command, lieutenant general keith construct of the missile defense agency, and lieutenant general john ganey, commander of u.s. army space and missile defense command. the subcommittee meets today to review the department's fiscal year 2025 budget request for missile defense capabilities. i have a number of concerns just...